Because she's partly right. Obviously, saying that there's no revolutionary potential among the white left in America is an overstatment. But it's equally wrong to think it's only about class and that historical racial prejudices and long track records of exploitation have no bearing on the situation today. Intersectionality is where it's at.
Personally, I think if we ever have a revolution in America, of course it will be a movement of the working class of all races, ethnicities, genders, orientations, etc. But the real power train of that movement will be in the communities that have historically seen the most oppression - black and indigenous communities in particular. That's typically how revolutions go, the most oppressed are where the real fire is.
Because she's partly right. Obviously, saying that there's no revolutionary potential among the white left in America is an overstatment. But it's equally wrong to think it's only about class and that historical racial prejudices and long track records of exploitation have no bearing on the situation today. Intersectionality is where it's at.
Personally, I think if we ever have a revolution in America, of course it will be a movement of the working class of all races, ethnicities, genders, orientations, etc. But the real power train of that movement will be in the communities that have historically seen the most oppression - black and indigenous communities in particular. That's typically how revolutions go, the most oppressed are where the real fire is.